web02.fireside.fm Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:59:13 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) HACKS | a tech podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Bitcoin” https://www.hacks.fm/tags/bitcoin Thu, 07 Feb 2019 22:00:00 -0500 here at the HACKS Initiative we ask the questions everyone else is too shook to: what is technology? why is everything so bad? what's my passphrase again? how do I get the header image to work? is the NSA agent watching me through my webcam my friend? en-us episodic doggedly zeroing in on the intersection of technology, politics, and culture simon/maral/robert/rosemary here at the HACKS Initiative we ask the questions everyone else is too shook to: what is technology? why is everything so bad? what's my passphrase again? how do I get the header image to work? is the NSA agent watching me through my webcam my friend? yes technology, politics, leftism, cats, pop culture, dumbasses, cryptocurrency simon/maral/robert/rosemary suckerblues@gmail.com episode 017: the quadriga affair https://www.hacks.fm/episode-17-the-quadriga-affair fa23ed3d-2f77-4d08-b047-b6fd207cc614 Thu, 07 Feb 2019 22:00:00 -0500 simon/maral/robert/rosemary full simon/maral/robert/rosemary in which we "playfully" skirt libel laws and plain old ethics in order to dig into a deeply strange recent case of financial calamity in the cryptocurrency sphere. 1:11:30 yes <p>maral, rob, and simon get in way over their heads in a special, nearly double-length discussion of a recent financial calamity and the conspiratorial murmurs that surround it. the HACKS initiative would very much like to apologize in advance for the fact that said discussion required us to explain bitcoin and the cryptocurrency space in detail, something we were hoping to avoid forever. we hope you'll find it was for a worthwhile cause.</p> <p>song at the end: john williams, theme from "the long goodbye" </p> quadriga, bitcoin, cryptocurrency, schroedinger, true crime, scams, innocence, it's illegal to sue podcasters maral, rob, and simon get in way over their heads in a special, nearly double-length discussion of a recent financial calamity and the conspiratorial murmurs that surround it. the HACKS initiative would very much like to apologize in advance for the fact that said discussion required us to explain bitcoin and the cryptocurrency space in detail, something we were hoping to avoid forever. we hope you'll find it was for a worthwhile cause.

song at the end: john williams, theme from "the long goodbye"

]]> maral, rob, and simon get in way over their heads in a special, nearly double-length discussion of a recent financial calamity and the conspiratorial murmurs that surround it. the HACKS initiative would very much like to apologize in advance for the fact that said discussion required us to explain bitcoin and the cryptocurrency space in detail, something we were hoping to avoid forever. we hope you'll find it was for a worthwhile cause.

song at the end: john williams, theme from "the long goodbye"

]]> episode 006: rehash power https://www.hacks.fm/episode-006-rehash-power 5fed3398-fec0-408d-8d46-64023393c2b0 Sun, 23 Sep 2018 13:00:00 -0400 simon/maral/robert/rosemary full simon/maral/robert/rosemary maral rejoins us for a wide/free-ranging discussion about sustainability, b*tc**n, and the inevitable death of our species (and other fun subjects!) 48:12 yes <p>blame simon the birthday bitch, as well as a wide variety of behind-the-scenes recording issues, for the late appearance this week. after our traumatically maral-less outing last week, the gang reassembles properly for a free-flowing conversation about the ecological impacts of disruptive technologies, the decline of the species, and other super-fun topics. this was a nightmare to edit so you dross all better enjoy it.</p> <p>music: com truise </p> bitcoin, greenwashing, ethics, capitalism, the rim, podcast blame simon the birthday bitch, as well as a wide variety of behind-the-scenes recording issues, for the late appearance this week. after our traumatically maral-less outing last week, the gang reassembles properly for a free-flowing conversation about the ecological impacts of disruptive technologies, the decline of the species, and other super-fun topics. this was a nightmare to edit so you dross all better enjoy it.

music: com truise

]]> blame simon the birthday bitch, as well as a wide variety of behind-the-scenes recording issues, for the late appearance this week. after our traumatically maral-less outing last week, the gang reassembles properly for a free-flowing conversation about the ecological impacts of disruptive technologies, the decline of the species, and other super-fun topics. this was a nightmare to edit so you dross all better enjoy it.

music: com truise

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